In one of the paragraphs, it says "nunc igitur picturas scribebat." Which translate "Now therefore he wrote pictures." Having now and a past tense just doesn't make sense. Is it just the textbook or is Latin always like that?
Candace Kaw
posted by Ex Pluribus Unum @ 6:17 PM
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you are right Candace, nunc doesn't make sense in English as 'now'. It means 'one moment he was doing this, another he was doing that', 'now he was doing this, now he was doing that'. However, scribebat means 'he was writing', not 'he wrote'...
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